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August 24, 2008

This Week In Review ending August 24th

Aah, Beijing 2008 Olympics photos and photo stories are finally surfacing for those of us to prefer still photos to those rapid fire HDTV movies. One very remarkable shot, for photographers is a panorama of photographers by by Kari Kuuka.

Software wise, a close friend made reference to some clown fronting for Windows Vista on behalf of Microsoft. I didn't dig that tidbit of news until I stumbled on the ars article. I suppose if this works, people will be making a beeline, somehow?

Computers are funny things. They're even waterproof nowadays. Somehow, I kinda guessed the Lenovo wasn't the first to withstand all that water that our swimmers were subjecting it too. I've been brought up to keep anything with wiring away from water.  Guess Dad would have been appalled that the clear roofing sheet in the garage is really clear and I haven't got round (or organised someone to help me) to replace it.

I discovered Zemanta a few days ago, been happy using it, except that I haven't solved the LiveWriter plugin problem specific to me. Jure says he's getting his developer to look at it.

The big news for Microsoft Labs was the launch of their Photosynth system that cumulates normal photos to create a composite, interactive 3D layout. I wonder how a bunch of photos like the one on the left would look like in it.

For me, my WOW moment was with PowerPoint Plex - I can see how Bill Gates in his last presentation for the company would have enjoyed it. Speaking of WOW moments, I thought I had discovered this wonderful feature in Excel 2007 - turned out, it's been in the product line for a long time and it wasn't necessarily a feature as much as a lapse.

And so, to bed.

Posted by Anandasim at August 24, 2008 03:09 AM

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